Coming Soon: StormKing Brewpub & BBQ from Jordan Smith
Barbecue and beer for the North Loop.
The technically masterful beef at StormKing. I m at an 8.5 today. That s where Black Sheep Pizza s owner Jordan Smith is on the 10-scale of how he s doing today, and that s pretty great for a Monday in 2021. And maybe we can also get to the +8 with the news he was calling me about.Â
Smith has partnered with the owners of Rapid Brewing Co. to purchase the closed ONE Fermentary space in the North Loop, and they plan to open
StormKing Brewpub & BBQ there this spring.Â
StormKing, if you remember, was the takeout BBQ spot that Smith launched in 2017 on the back side of his Nicollet location of Black Sheep. The Texas-inspired cue got lots of accolades (that brisket, yes), but the small shop couldn t quite make the math work and closed in under a year.Â
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Ann Ahmed, the culinary talent behind Lat14 Asian Eatery (8815 7th Av. N., Golden Valley, lat14.com) and Lemon Grass Thai Cuisine (8600 Edinburgh Center Dr., Brooklyn Park, lemongrassmn.com), is opening a third restaurant.
She s taking over the space dormant since the start of the pandemic that was formerly home to Harriet s Inn (4000 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls.).
So far there aren t a lot of details. There s no menu, no name (she dropped plans to call it Spice Market) or opening date ( We re hoping for soon, but it s hard to put an exact date on it, she said), but Ahmed is loaded with ideas.